Washington New Year's Levee and Mrs Washington 1790
The piece recounts New Year's Day 1790 at the White House with Martha Washington hosting a levee. It notes Washington’s polite receptions, remarks on New York customs, and Pintard’s diary observations about guests, tea and cake, and the general’s 9 o’clock retirement. It highlights the dignified conduct and evolving social rituals.
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D. Appleton & Company
Washington
White House
Martha Washington
Manhattan
Europe
New York
John Pintard
Treasure Common to All Eminent Orator Praises Washington
Webster calls Washington the great treasure common to all Americans. He notes inspiring auspices on the birth anniversary, saying the nation should recall Washington's fame and character through his deeds and teachings. The speech urges unity and guided resolve for the future.
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Webster
Washington
Pity the Poor Auto and Its Mirthful Woes
Jay Jasper bought a gleaming runabout but owes five hundred to the dealer and cannot afford a proper car cover. The vehicle sits outdoors in rain and snow, wheezing with the cold while his mower enjoys a sheltered shed. He loves the gas machine and would not sell it, nor his loyal boy.
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Jay Jasper
Jay
Auto
Jerusalem Survives Siege as British Air Patrols Observe
Jerusalem endures a siege without damage for the first time in its history. British aircraft over the Holy City track Turkish movements, yet no bombs strike historic sites by order of General Allenby. The city has been captured eighteen times since its founding.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Allenby
Global Rainfall Recalculation Shows Deep Worldwide Water Layer
A reassessment finds the earth receives about 351 inches of rain annually across the globe. Land drainage into seas accounts for a 70 inch equivalent on sand. Only 20 percent of this returns to the ocean. the rest is lost to evaporation.
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Washington Post
Rat Snap Advertisement Claims Tire Protection For Cars
J A White endorses RAT-SNAP for rat protection. He says if he had used it last winter his car would not have suffered two large tire holes while in the garage during bad weather. RAT-SNAP comes in three sizes 85c 65c and 1.25 sold and guaranteed by Turman Riggs and H V Bennett.
Not There Not There My Child Santa Cinis Preeze
The text presents a fragmentary plea from a child named Raymond asking his mother to show in the Bible where Santa Claus is mentioned. Mixed garbled characters follow, yielding no clear additional facts or context.
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Raymond
Santa Cinis
e-Pesten
Peter Nn
Notice by Receiver to Creditors of Mutual Truck Co
The National Bank of Sullivan Indiana as Receiver for the Mutual Truck Company announces a claim filing deadline. Creditors must present proof of claims to Charles D. Hunt at the Sullivan National Bank by March 15 1922 or lose rights to distributions from court sale proceeds.
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Mutual Truck Company
State of Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Shuman & Pomeroy Inc
Flactric Steel Company of
Indiana
National Bank
Sullivan
Charles D. Hunt
the National Bank OF
Notice to Non-Residents in Sullivan Circuit Court Divorce
In Sullivan County Indiana Beulah L Ford files for divorce against Herschell R Ford In February 1922 the court notes he is not a resident and sets April 14 1922 to answer by appearing at Sullivan Court House filed by Lindley Bedwell attorneys.
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Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Beulah L. Ford
Herschel
R. Ford
Lindley &Bedwell
Herschell R. Ford
State of
State of Indiana
Charles R. Railsback
Lindley & Bedwell
Partition action filed in Sullivan County Indiana
James L. Bledsoe and others sue Egre Paddock John Paddock May Paddock Taylor Ethel Paddock Taylor and William Paddock in Sullivan County for partition of 40 acres in section ten town nine north range ten west and Lots 9 16 17 18 23 24 in Taylor's Second Addition Farmersburg Indiana with court hearing set for April 14 1922 and notice dated February 20 1922.
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Orph H. Hall
Lindley & Bedwell
Sullivan Circuit Court
Egre Paddock
John Paddock
May Paddock Taylor
Ethel Paddock Taylor
William Paddock
State of
Indiana
Sullivan County
State of Indiana
Towit
Section Ten
Township Nine
Renge Ten
Taylor
Farmersburg
Charles R. Railsback
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Delcer Bros
T. A. Webb
Harrison & Drake—Auctioneers
H. C. Buff
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Oliver
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John L. Huff
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Ladies of Mt. Calvary Church
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